Edge setting or burnishing machine



(N0 Model.)

RQASHE. EDGE SETTING OR'BURNISHING MACHINE.

No. 267,767. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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UNITED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT ASHE, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO GEOBGE'W. COPELAND, OF

- MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

EDGE SETTING OR BURNISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,767, dated November 21, 1882.

W Application filed February 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT ASHE, of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, acitizen of the United States,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Edge Setting or Burnishing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this speci- 1o fication in explaining its nature, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a machine containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view, representing a modification in construction, hereinafter described. Fig. 3'represents in section a further modification, also hereinafter explained.

The invention consists in a combined guide and rest or support for the toe part of the boot or shoe while its sole-edge at the toe is being burnished.

A represents the burnishing-tool, which isments, it is unnecessary for me to give a specific construction here.

13 is the combined toe guide and support. It is a small circular plate in proximity to the burnishing-tool or adapted to be brought into 0 proximity thereto, and used only during the burnishing of the toe portion of the sole of the boot or shoe, and, when movable in relation to the bnrnishing-tool, is provided with a spindle, b, which is adapted to enter the socket 3 5 b in the head b This head is bolted to the bracket b in the construction shown in Fig. 2, and to the lever b in the construction shown in Fig. 1. Whichever way the support is employed, it should be borne in mind that the 0 head does not swing upon the support, but is bolted thereto, so that in use the head b bears a fixed position in relation to its support.

Itmay be necessary occasionally to adjust the inclination of the guide and support B. 5 This is done by means of this connecting-bolt; but for all other purposes the head could be solid with its support.

The guide and support when used may be drawn out from the socket by hand to the de- 0 sired location in relation to the burnishingtool, or it may be moved out bythe foot-treadle b and connecting-rod b and the lever 1)", (represented in Fig. 1,) in which case it is simply moved out in position to be taken hold of by the operator, but is not held out in that position, the foot generally being at once removed and the parts falling back to their original position, excepting of course the guide and support.

Another method of using the guide and sup- 6o port is that shown in Fig. 3, in which it is fastened to the back of the'operators glove. The back of the glove in that event should be made of thick leather or other strong and servicea' ble material, and the guide or rest is riveted or otherwise fastened thereto.

In Fig. 3, 0 represents a portion of the back of the glove. In this case the socket and head I) would be placed in position to receive the socket 1), similar to that shown in Fig. 1, and when the toe part of the boot or shoe is about to be operated upon the operator causes the spindle b to enter the socket, and his hand is partially supported and guided by the guide and support B. Upon the completion of the burnishing of the toe part of the boot or shoe the guide and support and its spindle are removed from the socket, and, remaining attached to the glove, are not again brought into use until the sole of the next shoe at the too is operated upon.

In operation the operator simply rests the sole of the boot or shoe near the toe upon the guide and rest or upon the gloved hand, and

holds it there with one or both hands and turns 8 or swivels the guide and support to present the toe edge of the boot or shoe sole to the burnishing-tool.

It will be observed that the device acts as a guide in that it furnishes a center upon which the boot or shoe may be turned, and that it acts as a support in that it furnishes a bearing with which the boot or shoe can be held and thereby steadied.

Having thus fully described my invention, I 5 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, in an edge setting or burnishing machine, of the reciprocating burnishing-tool and the combined toe support and Io'o gage B, consisting of aplate or disk upon the 3. The removable toe guide and support B,

end of the spindle b, and means, substantially as specified, for supporting the same, whereby it is adapted to be drawn toward the tool and to be revolved during the ed ge-settin g operation, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the burnishing-tool, the combined toe guide and support B, the spindle b, and socket b, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

fastened to the back of the glove of the operator, and provided with a spindle, b, adapted to enter the socket b at the will of the oper- 1 ator, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 1

ROBERT ASHE. Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, WILLARD O. Foes. 

